Online Reading making People Dumber

A new study has revealed that there are negative effects of online reading on cognition, concentration, comprehension, absorption and recall rates of users. The study, conducted by a University of Victoria, was intended to determine the effects of offline and online reading behavior. It was found that spending hours glued to a computer screen has negative impacts on the users.

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I have to disciple myself to read on pcs, tablets and smartphones

the kindle helps, as its not so easy to get distracted

“This” reckons not by much though…

Perhaps it really has tardified me

I would tend to agree

I don’t like reading from computer screens – theres something odd with the patina and brightness of computer screens

wookiemeister said:

I would tend to agree

I don’t like reading from computer screens – theres something odd with the patina and brightness of computer screens

It’s got a lot to do with the length of the line and readability.

The rule in typesetting is 2 alphabets including spaces. This forum has a full line length in excess of 3.

jjjust moi said:

wookiemeister said:

I would tend to agree

I don’t like reading from computer screens – theres something odd with the patina and brightness of computer screens

It’s got a lot to do with the length of the line and readability.

The rule in typesetting is 2 alphabets including spaces. This forum has a full line length in excess of 3.

2 alphabets?

So 52 letters?

i don’t have this forum full screen for that reason. line length is toooo loooong.

Skeptic Pete said:

jjjust moi said:

wookiemeister said:

I would tend to agree

I don’t like reading from computer screens – theres something odd with the patina and brightness of computer screens

It’s got a lot to do with the length of the line and readability.

The rule in typesetting is 2 alphabets including spaces. This forum has a full line length in excess of 3.

2 alphabets?

So 52 letters?

Yep, count the spaces as a letter.

Skeptic Pete said:

jjjust moi said:

wookiemeister said:

I would tend to agree

I don’t like reading from computer screens – theres something odd with the patina and brightness of computer screens

It’s got a lot to do with the length of the line and readability.

The rule in typesetting is 2 alphabets including spaces. This forum has a full line length in excess of 3.

2 alphabets?

So 52 letters?

Depends on one’s browser window…

abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijklmnopqr

4.7 for my compose box.

jjjust moi said:

Skeptic Pete said:

2 alphabets?

So 52 letters?

Yep, count the spaces as a letter.

Interesting.

OCDC said:

abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijklmnopqr

4.7 for my compose box.

You left out the 3rd i and the 4th g

one and two lines is ok being long but it is when you have a block that you loose your place on carriage return with the eyes.

test:

abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

I had a dream one day that reading from tablets would be very different

the new way of reading will be where you have a sheet of plastic paper that is white, the letters appear like magic and are just like the printed word – the screen relies on ambient light to work during the day

also the letters can be slightly raised from the page if need be

the letters can also be different colours

one day newspapers will be different and use this method too , pictures will be able to be produced too

wookiemeister said:

I had a dream one day that reading from tablets would be very different

the new way of reading will be where you have a sheet of plastic paper that is white, the letters appear like magic and are just like the printed word – the screen relies on ambient light to work during the day

We call this an e-reader. It’s like an epic Etch-a-Sketch.

Or Magna Doodle.

OCDC said:

wookiemeister said:

I had a dream one day that reading from tablets would be very different

the new way of reading will be where you have a sheet of plastic paper that is white, the letters appear like magic and are just like the printed word – the screen relies on ambient light to work during the day

We call this an e-reader. It’s like an epic Etch-a-Sketch.

this was very different to anything

I had a dream as a very young child once that I was holding a silvery disc and I slid it into a small machine about the size of your hand and was watching TRON on a screen. it must have been when I had just started primary school, I also saw two flat monitors at a desk side by side in a dream. must have been when we were still taking a nap in the day at primary school? I think because the setting was in the nursery area?

this was years before anything like that was known

OCDC said:

wookiemeister said:

I had a dream one day that reading from tablets would be very different

the new way of reading will be where you have a sheet of plastic paper that is white, the letters appear like magic and are just like the printed word – the screen relies on ambient light to work during the day

We call this an e-reader. It’s like an epic Etch-a-Sketch.

this was very different to anything

I had a dream as a very young child once that I was holding a silvery disc and I slid it into a small machine about the size of your hand and was watching TRON on a screen. it must have been when I had just started primary school, I also saw two flat monitors at a desk side by side in a dream. must have been when we were still taking a nap in the day at primary school? I think because the setting was in the nursery area?

this was years before anything like that was known

wookiemeister said:

I had a dream one day that reading from tablets would be very different

the new way of reading will be where you have a sheet of plastic paper that is white, the letters appear like magic and are just like the printed word – the screen relies on ambient light to work during the day

also the letters can be slightly raised from the page if need be

the letters can also be different colours

one day newspapers will be different and use this method too , pictures will be able to be produced too

I wonder what it would be like reading a book with google glasses

Is there a stereo version of Google glass?

I doubt that it is making people dumber, and for some uses, such as searching for specific information in a large text, reading from a computer is better, but I agree that reading long lengths of continuous text is more difficult.

the plastic paper dream seemed a pertinent dream because I remembered it clearly after waking

I watched carefully as the letters seemed to stretch up from the paper and then the letters become blackened

someone will come up with it sooner enough I suppose

the more pertinent dreams comes to me when I’m not under stress.

in one place I was living I was getting into the swing of mind reading when relative strangers were sat around the fire with me – I guessed the name of someone’s sister straight off the bat

paper or plastic to me offer more than the visual – they offer the tangible – I think the mind is tied to the touch as well as visual

you could have a magic pen that creates a pencil mark on the paper as well if you were to make notes on the pages

the ultimate magic book would be a book of say 100 pages with a hardcover, the front would allow films to be watched, the pages would allow the hand to flick through as you would with a normal book

everyone might carry this ultimate book of all knowledge known to man

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-07-13/wicked-campers-under-fire-for-sexist-slogans/5592984

WTF!

Mind melding can be dangerous if you don’t know what you’re doing, Wookie, I’d suggest you stay away from it or get some lessons from a Sharman.
I use it sparingly although I was versed in this lore by a Fakir in the Punjab many years ago.

Peak Warming Man said:

Mind melding can be dangerous if you don’t know what you’re doing, Wookie, I’d suggest you stay away from it or get some lessons from a Sharman.
I use it sparingly although I was versed in this lore by a Fakir in the Punjab many years ago.

I think you mean faker

wookiemeister said:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-07-13/wicked-campers-under-fire-for-sexist-slogans/5592984

WTF!

I signed the petition

Peak Warming Man said:

Mind melding can be dangerous if you don’t know what you’re doing, Wookie, I’d suggest you stay away from it or get some lessons from a Sharman.
I use it sparingly although I was versed in this lore by a Fakir in the Punjab many years ago.

i think i know that bloke

Skeptic Pete said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Mind melding can be dangerous if you don’t know what you’re doing, Wookie, I’d suggest you stay away from it or get some lessons from a Sharman.
I use it sparingly although I was versed in this lore by a Fakir in the Punjab many years ago.

I think you mean faker

thinking is also warned against………..

those Wicked Campers are Wicked

Activists urge China to abolish ‘black jails’
China still uses labour camps to silence democracy activists and others it considers malcontents.
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2014/07/activists-urge-china-abolish-black-jails-201471011532461581.html

i worry where all this crap from china is being made

wookiemeister said:

Activists urge China to abolish ‘black jails’
China still uses labour camps to silence democracy activists and others it considers malcontents.
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2014/07/activists-urge-china-abolish-black-jails-201471011532461581.html

i worry where all this crap from china is being made

Its made by people who cannot read

// Online Reading making People Dumber
// I have to disciple myself

Ah, I follow, QED.